{"id":11424,"date":"2023-04-06T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/?p=11424"},"modified":"2023-04-03T17:40:13","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T21:40:13","slug":"why-teacher-residencies-need-to-be-the-standard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coreeducationllc.com\/blog2\/why-teacher-residencies-need-to-be-the-standard\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Teacher Residencies Need to Be the Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As states across the country grapple with growing teacher shortages and seek to build a teacher workforce that is well equipped to meet the diverse learning needs of our nation\u2019s students, more and more school systems are turning to teacher residencies \u2014 yearlong clinical experiences that pair teacher candidates with highly effective mentor teachers in a Pk-12 classroom \u2014 as a pillar of their talent pipeline strategy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teacher residencies have emerged as a highly successful model of teacher preparation, developing candidates who are more diverse, more likely to stay in the classroom longer, and have a greater impact on student learning outcomes. Over 30 colleges of education are among a growing number of universities partnered with University School Partnerships for the Renewal of Educator Preparation (US PREP), a national coalition of teacher preparation institutions, to implement scaled and sustainable yearlong teacher residencies. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The transformation of these preparation programs to a yearlong residency includes reallocating, reducing, and reinvesting existing college resources, capacity, and budgets to scale and sustain the residency approach to preparation across all programs and pathways. National partners like the Pathways Alliance and US PREP have codified definitions of residency. Taken together, the essential elements of residency include: <\/p>\n\n\n\n